"We are working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to identify the appropriate corrective action, and will provide additional information and instructions as soon as we can," Google said in a blog post.

The companies are asking people who have purchased the Chromebook 11 to not use the charger that came with it.

Instead, the Chromebook 11 can be charged with other Underwriters Laboratories-listed micro-USB chargers, which typically come with Android smartphones and tablets. However, during our review of the laptop, those chargers took a long time to fully charge the device.